High School Confidential

High School Confidential premiered on WE TV tonight.

It's an 8 part documentary, 4 years in the making, following 12 girls who attended Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas from 2002 to 2006.

Don't get it twisted...this is not a light reality show like MTV's Laguna Beach. These girls are documented through everything from pregnancy to attempted suicide. It's deep. Period.

Tonight, we met Lauren and Cappie.

Lauren goes into high school with her head held high, joining the drill team and enjoying life. She is then faced with the reality of having a brain tumor. Lauren ends up having brain surgery, but the experience teaches her that anything can happen to anyone.

Cappie is the daughter of a single mother with hard feelings toward her father. She goes into high school shy at first but soon falls into the crowd and is known as the party girl shortly after.

The concept is amazing but the first episode could have been edited better, to bring out more significance. I was hoping for a deeper emotional level like MTV's True Life or ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Based on the promotion for this, I expected more, so I hope to see more in the coming episodes. If you want to reach people, you gotta know what to show. I'm not sure what went on in the editing room, but I hope it gets better.

High School Confidential airs on Mondays at 10pm Eastern Time.